'Gilligan's Island'

'Gilligan's Island'

Bob Denver, seated at center, played the lovably inept first mate on the show, which ran only three seasons but has become a cult classic. Fellow cast members were, clockwise from lower left, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Alan Hale Jr. and Dawn Wells. Of the interplay between Denver and Hale, show creator Sherwood Schwartz said, "It was like Burns and Allen."

Bob Denver, seated at center, played the lovably inept first mate on the show, which ran only three seasons but has become a cult classic. Fellow cast members were, clockwise from lower left, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Alan Hale Jr. and Dawn Wells. Of the interplay between Denver and Hale, show creator Sherwood Schwartz said, "It was like Burns and Allen."

Bob Denver, seated at center, played the lovably inept first mate on the show, which ran only three seasons but has become a cult classic. Fellow cast members were, clockwise from lower left, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Alan Hale Jr. and Dawn Wells. Of the interplay between Denver and Hale, show creator Sherwood Schwartz said, "It was like Burns and Allen."